Thermal Sensors: Principles and Applications for Semiconductor Industries

✍ Scribed by Chandra Mohan Jha (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 139
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive guide to both the fundamentals of thermal sensors and their advanced functions. Key topics include sensor materials, CMOS-compatible sensors, measurement capabilities, thermal management and manufacturing processes. The introductory chapter covers the basic principles of thermal sensors from the essentials of heat transfer to smart wireless sensors. Later chapters illustrate the wide range of thermal sensor uses, from microprocessor thermal sensing to energy converter applications. Modeling and simulation techniques are used to explain the future direction of the field. Designed for researchers and practitioners working with wireless sensors and thermal management, Thermal Sensors: Principles and Applications for Semiconductor Industries is a valuable reference to the benefits and challenges these sensors offer. Advanced-level students studying mechanical or electrical engineering and networks will also find the content useful.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Fundamentals of Thermal Sensors....Pages 5-42
Sensor Measurement Capability....Pages 43-56
Microprocessor Temperature Sensing and Thermal Management....Pages 57-96
Microelectronics Thermal Sensing: Future Trends....Pages 97-106
Thermal Sensors for Energy Converter Applications....Pages 107-130
Back Matter....Pages 131-134

✦ Subjects

Circuits and Systems; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer; Simulation and Modeling